Proverbs 1:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

My son. — The address as of a master to his pupil. This phrase only occurs twice again in Proverbs, excepting in sections (2) and (4).

Law. — Rather, teaching. (Comp. Proverbs 3:1.)

Proverbs 1:8

8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: